Lawyers and police
Recently I had the opportunity to observe the debate between two lawyers in a court. One of them was trying to save an innocent man and another was trying to prove the innocent man to be a criminal. Fortunately, the magistrate issued bail to that innocent man and made him free temporarily. I am 100% sure that the lawyers and police knew that the person who was in jail was innocent. This incident raised lots of questions in my mind. Such as 1) Should police be given the power to arrest anybody just on the basis of allegation or suspicion? 2) If yes then can we live in an independent country with freedom of honest people?, 3) Should not our government take any action against those police personnel who arrest innocent people after getting bribe from a criminal? 4) Should not the lawyers who try to prove an innocent person guilty face questions regarding their professional ethics?
The Holy Quran strongly warn us against those people. To save our society from the curse of injustice, lawyers should not tell lies. Lawyers, police and judges should understand before it is too late that if the situation continues like that of today their children may remain in jail forever, even if they are not involved in any crime.
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